I don't think i'm buying AMD again, nvidia has my support after these cards are out dated.

I think AMD better get their **** together because there is ALOT of this going around. Nvidia doesn't have to advertise, they just have to wait for AMD to release a new driver that screws with the previous generation of cards.

alright forgive me im a little slow, i did the clean install, and basically the driver/ccc bundle you gave me installed properly now..aero works.....EXCEPT, the 2nd gpu however still does not register correctly in overdrive.

EDIT - THIS PROBLEM WAS SOLVED, clean install and reinstall of this driver you recommended actually resets ULPS in registry. Problem with recognizing 2nd gpu solved upon disabling ULPS.

Do you experience the CCC glitch with the task tray? right click and launch and it disappears?

Do you still suggest 12.3 cap with this driver?

Yup, everytime you update or install drivers ULPS is reset to ACTIVE.
I do experienced a glitch where after booting if I double click CCC it will dissapear, then restart and reappear and mess with my fan speed, that i solve by pressing the user setting fan speed in afterburner.
which I can live with...
Appart from that, no, I had no more problems with these drivers.
I'm glad you could make the 2nd card work and drivers work again.
I have been expeirencing some extremely high fps in BF3 around 100-180fps wich ended in a little tearing and microstuttering wich I solved by capping with Vsync at 75hz and tripple buffering... besides from that, everything works well

good, one thing i'd suggest doing is firstly disabling CCC from starting either manually or using a program like revo uninstaller pro. then you can not fear for your custom fans or overclocks getting overwrritten by CCC some how because it simply wont start. and to substitute the CCC functions, use radeonpro it's a great tool...radeonpro has a problem starting up on windows 7 so you need to manually set task schedule to auto start on boot or use revo uninstaller pro to create that.

pretty much the only reason why i use CCC is because of the screen scaling feature, and enabling crossfire of course - then it's disabled in no time lol

I will use CCC as sometimes I like changing a few settings and, like you, when i switch to tv from monitor need to activate the scaling, etc...
Anyway the fan overwritings doesn't bother me so much. My oc is not overwritten as i have overdrive disabled ^^

but thanks for the imput ! i'll take it into account.
I have not used radeon pro... i find its functions very useful but never tried it. I believe there's not much into configurations unless the game isn't working fine from the beginning ! I hate options like MLAA and SSAA and SSAO and so on, I like te textures to be crisp, even if there is some jagged edges. The only effect I like is the FXAA wich some games have already embedded in the engine, like BF3.
For now my setup has responded flawlessly in most games.
AMD has ****ed up with driver funcionality, but I have to admit that 90% of the games work without glitches or whatsoever.

you're not experiencing overheating with the 2nd GPU when overclocking with trixx? I don't see how that's possible...the problem has existed ever since 11.10 drivers, 11.9 and under do not have the problem. I think you should moniter the temps closely and report back. We are aware the drivers function correctly, however this "sticking" effect with the 2nd GPU can cause longterm damage if you let it run in 2d or 3d clocks constantly due to extra heat output.